tank help

[picachu07]

i have a forty gallon tank that i got about a week ago and i cleaned it and cycled it and it was good then i put my fish in and about 3 hours later the water got cloudy does any one know what was wrong and how i can fix it

 

[Plecos_Ftw]

you "cleaned" it? how so? how many fish did you put in? did you put rock and substrate in along with the fish?

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

are you sure it was actually cycled?

 

[andyjs]

Yeah, how exactly did you cycle it in a week?

 

[meanbestorque]

Yeah, how exactly did you cycle it in a week?

I'm wondering the same thing... Anyways, seeing as how your tank hasn't fully cycled yet, adding in fish will dramatically increase the bio-load, and in turn causing the water to cloud from a bacteria bloom. Did you thoroughly clean the substrate before putting it in the water? The cloudiness will usually go away within a week, but may take longer since your tank/system needs to re-establish itself.

 

[CDickes1988]

Man if you're cycling tanks in a week you gotta let us in on the secret.

What are your water params? Did you use existing bio media? How many fish and what kind/sizes? Also the substrate question above. ^